Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Happy Veterans Day! The Library is open!

Let's see...
Monday. We had just a typical P-Day! I took the vitamins back to Walgreens
momma. They couldn't put the money back on the card, so I just got cash, so you
can take $18 out of my account to refund. We went to Brownsburg to play with
the other missionaries, but they just ended up playing basketball the whole
time, so I just wrote letters cause let's be honest...I can't play basketball.
haha :) We got to teach J that night too about the priesthood because he's soon
to be a deacon! He was supposed to get ordained yesterday but he was home sick.
Like everyone is sick. I felt a cold coming on this week but I took some
Cold-Eze and some Vitamin C and it went away. Woo Woo!

Tuesday, we
got to throw more hay and scoop more poo! Call me cowgirl. Throwing hay is a
workout, which rocks. We had some good success contacting and taught a husband
and wife where she is a member and he knows the church is true but isn't
baptized yet. So we're working on that.
We also met a less active that works at the Zoo and offered to get us in
for free but it's not open on Mondays...LAME. You'd be amazed how many things
here aren't open on Monday...strange. Is there a reason for that? It's like Maddox...Oh
I could really go for a corn pone right now..

Wednesday was
pretty sweet. In the morning, we accidentally ran into a former investigator
while looking for his less active wife. It turns out his wife is actually the
daughter of a member of the mission presidency...weird right? But her husband
wants to take the discussions again. So that's exciting! Small world.
Coincidence? I think not. We tried to get Sister B to a lesson but none of our
investigators like to answer the door, so we went to an 80 year old less active
man and he loves to talk. We could not get out of there. We were late to our
next lesson and didn't even get to share a thought with him. It was pretty
funny. We had dinner with a hilarious less active that night. She's just
recently started coming back to church...woo! She was so funny. All four of us
ate with her and she loved it. We got to go to mutual that night too and the YW
got a canvas painting lesson. They came up with some sweet stuff.

Thursday, we
went and visited Sister F and she is leaving on a trip, so we had to say bye to
her in case we leave at transfers. It was so sad! She has changed so much and
you can see the spirit so much in her now, which is such a difference from when
we first met her! She was so sad. But hopefully the ward will get involved more
and love her back into the church. That night was the night we got a new
investigator! It's the guy who showed up at church last Sunday unexpectedly.
He's so in tune with the spirit already. He decided that there's a reason we
ran into him. We hopefully will commit him to baptism this week. He had to work
during church yesterday. We then ate with the T’s
( I don't know if I've talked about them). They're on an internship program and
are moving soon since they only stay in a place 6 months, which is sad cause
they are totally a missionary family. They're kids are so cute. We're going to
miss them! Then we helped Sister B with some of her "Night in
Bethlehem" stuff for the ward party.

Friday was
just a day of a lot of contacting after we had district meeting and lunch. We
went to Noodles and Company cause Sister O loves it (we've been 3 times...) and
I still haven't found something I love there. Maybe eventually.

Saturday, we
helped clean the building and got free quiznos. Then we headed out to Camby,
did some tracting and contacting and found our other new investigator! She is
awesome and just has a young family and wants a church, so we're excited. She's
solid. We helped Sister B again that night and she's about done. Basically, it
was just another missionary day of contacting! Which was good.

Sunday is just
awesome. Another great day of spiritual upliftment. We got to go to Why I
Believe too and I got to play the piano, so that was fun. I also saw Sister
Herzog. You'll have to send the picture to Kelsey! She's adorable.

And here we
are. Monday again. It's Sister R's birthday, so we're having a fun day. I can't
believe this week, I'll have been out 3 months. Missionary time is weird...does
it feel fast or slow to you?

I don't know
that I had any specific questions or needs this week.

Except I am
thinking that I may want you to burn copies of some music and send to me. It
doesn't have to be like ASAP. But sometime in the future. I definitely want
some Christmas Music (Maybe some David Archuleta ones that are hymns or about
Christ? Mo Tab? Just general Christmas music?) And then I want a CD of some of
my church music. Maybe just copy my two MoTab CD's that are in the 'burb and
then from iTunes, I want my Alex Boye, Nichole Nordman's "I Am", Some
of the EFY ones that are hymns. Basically just spiritual music. Don't buy any
new stuff, just look what I have and pick :) I'm just getting sick of the stuff
we have. haha :) Maybe Zach and La can help you out too.

Well, I think
that's about it. Hopefully you all have a fantastic week! Love and miss you
all! Hope to hear from you soon!

LOVE YOU!
Peace and blessings!

-Sister
Christensen

Beautiful leaves! They're like all dead
now...lame.

Avon District! Elder B. S, Elder H,
Sister B, Sister P,

and the “Plainfield
4 Best district”

I tried to knock on a door, I broke the
handle, and this is how I put it back together. Sister O said it wasn't quite
right. I think it looks good, right? :)